Alfred Lyttelton

Alfred Lyttelton QC was a British politician and sportsman from the Lyttelton family who excelled at both football and cricket. During his time at university he participated in Varsity Matches in five sports cricket , football , athletics , rackets and real tennis , displaying an ability that made him arguably the preeminent sportsman of his generation his only rival in terms of versatility was Oxfords Cuthbert Ottaway. He was, among numerous other achievements, the first man to represent England at both football and cricket. Lyttelton was also a successful politician and served as Secretary of State for the Colonies between 1903 and 1905.

Lyttelton and both his wives were members of the intellectual group known as The Souls. In 1885 he married Octavia Laura, daughter of Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Baronet. Laura, as she was usually known, was born in 1862 and died in 1886, within days of giving birth to their only child, a son, who died in 1888. Edward BurneJones designed her memorial in St Andrews Church, Mells and, also in her memory, used her features for the mermaid in his 1886 painting The Depths of the Sea.

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